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"My greatest point is my persistence. I never give up in a match. However down I am, I fight until the last ball. My list of matches shows that I have turned a great many co-called irretrievable defeats into victories."

Bjorn Borg Between 1974 and 1981 he won 11 Grand Slam singles titles: five consecutive Wimbledon singles titles and six French Open singles titles. He is considered by many to be one of the greatest tennis players of all time. (1956 - )

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"Never let the fear of striking out get in your way."

George Herman "Babe" RuthAmerican Baseball PlayerFirst player to hit 60 Home Runs in a single season (1927) One of the first five players named to the Baseball Hall of Fame (1936) (1895 - 1948)

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"We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort."

Jesse OwensAmerican Olympian4 Gold Medals in Sprints and Long Jump in the 1936 Olympics held In Munich, Germany (pre-World War II) where Adolph Hitler sough to show his Aryan ideals and prowess to the assembled world. (1913 - 1980)

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"Desire is the key to motivation, but it's determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal - a commitment to excellence - that will enable you to attain the success you seek."

I've lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed."

"If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it."Michael JordanAmerican Basketball PlayerWinner of 6 World Championships Winner of 6 NBA Finals MVP Awards Winner of 5 MVP Awards Winner of 10 NBA-All First Team Awards Winner of 9 NBA-All Defensive First Team Awards 14 NBA All-Star Game Appearances Winner of 3 NBA All-Star MVP Awards Holder of 10 Scoring Titles Holder of 3 Steals Titles 1988 NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award Holds NBA Record for most average season points scored per game (30.12) Holds NBA Record for highest career playoff scoring average (33.45) Named ESPN's Greatest American Athlete Named Second place to Babe Ruth in the Associated Press' Athletes of the Century list Named to Basketball's Hall of Fame 1999. (1963 - )

"The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man's determination."

Tommy Lasorda Major League Baseball Pitcher and Team ManagerNational League Hall of Fame (Manager) 1997 (1927 - )

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"The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things

that endure. These qualities are so much more important than the events that occur."

"The price of success is hard work, dedication on the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.

"If you can accept losing, you can't win."

"The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will."

"The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have."

"The only place Success comes before Work is in the dictionary."

Vince LombardiAmerican Football CoachLed the Green Bay Packers to 3 straight league championships and 5 within 7 consecutive years including the first two Super Bowls in 1966 and 1967. The National Football League's Super Bowl trophy is named in his honor. Enshrined in the NFL's Pro Football Hall of Fame, 1971. (1913 - 1970)

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"You've got to be very careful if you don't know where you are going because you might not get there."